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he was comparing jobs in california and texas. we will go to texas next. john, on our independence line, good evening. caller: i agree. the more immigrants we let in, they will go back to where they came from, not learned english, mexico, guatemala, wherever they came from, what is the point? they are taking jobs away from americans. wages do not go up. the wages down here have been low for years. because, there are many illegals in the area. that is -- what is the answer? i do not know. in order to deport them, you take them right to mexico, they are back. some of them are hard workers. how do you decide who is tuesday and who is to go? >> thanks for your call. more of your calls coming up as we look at the issue of immigration and the economy. we had a chance to do these town halls because congress is in recess until early september. we are keeping an eye. here is a tree from the representative of texas, talking about a town hall he is holding tonight. in denton starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. another one here -- if you want to participate in the discussi
he was comparing jobs in california and texas. we will go to texas next. john, on our independence line, good evening. caller: i agree. the more immigrants we let in, they will go back to where they came from, not learned english, mexico, guatemala, wherever they came from, what is the point? they are taking jobs away from americans. wages do not go up. the wages down here have been low for years. because, there are many illegals in the area. that is -- what is the answer? i do not know. in...
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that is all i can say from texas. i am hispanic. they will communicate the republicans with hispanics, and their morals are more acceptable. >> you mentioned morals. is that a higher issue for you than something like immigration reform? caller: yes. more than the immigration reform. i am an american citizen. i was democratic. i like chris christie for president. i hope he wins. >> thanks for your call this evening. florida is next, independent line. jeff. hello. caller: hi. this is a little bit off subject, but i have been independent since ross perot ran for president. i would like to know, why, and how do we change it, that the independents can vote in the primaries? i have not been able to vote in the primaries for a long time. i do not think our representatives can do this all by themselves. i believe the american citizens have to get more involved. if the representatives go back to the basics and give the american people what they are asking for, we can do leaps and bounds in the 21st century. that is all i have to say. >> than
that is all i can say from texas. i am hispanic. they will communicate the republicans with hispanics, and their morals are more acceptable. >> you mentioned morals. is that a higher issue for you than something like immigration reform? caller: yes. more than the immigration reform. i am an american citizen. i was democratic. i like chris christie for president. i hope he wins. >> thanks for your call this evening. florida is next, independent line. jeff. hello. caller: hi. this is...
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i heard from steve in is jacksonville, texas. if it were a mom and pop business that did with what fannie mae and freddie mac did, it would have been shut down for poor business practices and even jailed. .. >> i could not be more gratified that last week the president finally added his voice to this important debate. and although i heard few specifics, i welcome him to debate. i'm encouraged by this and i recognize that he is in sensible to solution. other important voices in this debate, besides your own or those of senator corker of tennessee and senator warner of virginia. i commend them for their leadership. as someone who's worked for years and years on the complicated and contentious issue of housing reform, i salute anyone who will roll up their sleeves and produce, not just rhetoric, but an actual plan. and even today more and more voices are being heard in this debate and this is encouraging. this is good. i stand ready to listen to all and to negotiate in good faith with all. and i do this with an open mind. i do not d
i heard from steve in is jacksonville, texas. if it were a mom and pop business that did with what fannie mae and freddie mac did, it would have been shut down for poor business practices and even jailed. .. >> i could not be more gratified that last week the president finally added his voice to this important debate. and although i heard few specifics, i welcome him to debate. i'm encouraged by this and i recognize that he is in sensible to solution. other important voices in this...
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as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've grown a lot faster. we've grown at least 4% about a third of the years over the past 60 years. we also know that 4% growth is possible because in states like it's where we are today, they grow at 4% or even more. texas grew, i believe, at 4.8% in the last calendar year, that's the latest data. if you compare that to the u.s. growth which i said, again, is between 2-2.5%, so we know we can do better, and we know there are lessons out will in america that can show us how we can do better. we're here today to talk about immigration as well in addition to growth. and as the ambassador said, we kn
as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've...
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texas business owner facing a million dollars in obama care costs. and i have pages and pages and pages and i'll be reading these on the floor of the house tonight. but the point is these aren't manufactured concerns, these aren't opinions. these are real news articles. so in a serious way, i'm trying to convey that a lot of our objections and concern reflect the concerns of our constituents. i hear it every day. i got a text on the way -- i was over doing a one minute and i got a text from a constituent who has my cell phone number, most do, telling me her objections to obama care and the affordable care act. so this is real and it's real for our constituents. and i just want to make sure that you hear that side of it. it's not all washington speak. we're communicating what our constituents are telling us and they are scared and they are concerned. thank y'all for coming up. appreciate your time. >> mr. shock. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you gentleman for your patience and cooperation with our questions. let me start at the 30,000 foot level. y
texas business owner facing a million dollars in obama care costs. and i have pages and pages and pages and i'll be reading these on the floor of the house tonight. but the point is these aren't manufactured concerns, these aren't opinions. these are real news articles. so in a serious way, i'm trying to convey that a lot of our objections and concern reflect the concerns of our constituents. i hear it every day. i got a text on the way -- i was over doing a one minute and i got a text from a...
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ted cruz, the senator from texas is today talking about his citizenship. here is the headline in politico. ted cruz discovers and rejects his canadian citizenship. they write that one day after ted cruz released his birth certificate showing he was born in canada, he said he would renounce his canadian citizenship. it shows his place of birth is calgary, alberta to an american mother, a fact which conferred upon him american citizenship. canadian officials say it also conferred canadian citizenship. senator cruz became a u.s. citizen at birth and never had to go through naturalization after birth to become a u.s. citizen. one more state issue, this is a report from the washington times about the goings. the headline, rural coloradans to vote on breaking away as the 51st state. richardson of the washington times says, you have north carolina, north dakota, why not northern colorado? voters in several counties will be asked whether they want to form a new state, tentatively named northern colorado. a reaction to democratic controlled legislator. let's get ba
ted cruz, the senator from texas is today talking about his citizenship. here is the headline in politico. ted cruz discovers and rejects his canadian citizenship. they write that one day after ted cruz released his birth certificate showing he was born in canada, he said he would renounce his canadian citizenship. it shows his place of birth is calgary, alberta to an american mother, a fact which conferred upon him american citizenship. canadian officials say it also conferred canadian...
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the west nile outbreak we were very fortunate to be able to help our colleagues in texas. i think last year there were about five or 6,000 cases of west nile. about one-third of them actually occurred -- anybody from dallas? no takers. lucky for you. about one-third of the cases occurred in dallas. we were able to use the public health preparedness resources to help them with mosquito spray in the basement efforts. so an example there, same thing you've already heard about the boston marathon and how we in conjunction with our partners in the hospital preparedness program were able to get the community ready for that bombing and other such events. i could go along with c ante and influenza. but just examples that this isn't abstract. this is what is going on in your communities every day to make sure that you are protected from public health threats. this is to give you a reality of the situation of what happened to the public health funding within your state and local health departments over the last decade. and going off of your comment, i would like to have platinum lev
the west nile outbreak we were very fortunate to be able to help our colleagues in texas. i think last year there were about five or 6,000 cases of west nile. about one-third of them actually occurred -- anybody from dallas? no takers. lucky for you. about one-third of the cases occurred in dallas. we were able to use the public health preparedness resources to help them with mosquito spray in the basement efforts. so an example there, same thing you've already heard about the boston marathon...
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you had texas literally in the moments after the decision, the attorney general tweeting that they would start to immediately enforce voter id. as i mentioned, north carolina actually had that piece of legislation pending, and after that decision, then passed it. we are also seen at the very local levels. decisions like in north carolina, one of the counties that was covered by section 5 where a college campus immediately closed the polling place, and that was a place that had elected president obama. we are seeing these little places bubble up in little areties were things that that small as closing the polling place of that communities of color cannot , that the voting booths is happening. what we are doing is with civil rights community and those of us who do voting rights litigation but also with organizations like the naacp and those who are on the ground, is to monitor that. because it is popping up in every little hamlet and town across the country that these kinds of small changes are happening. >> anyone else? stories on the ground? >> we work very closely what folkshe small gro
you had texas literally in the moments after the decision, the attorney general tweeting that they would start to immediately enforce voter id. as i mentioned, north carolina actually had that piece of legislation pending, and after that decision, then passed it. we are also seen at the very local levels. decisions like in north carolina, one of the counties that was covered by section 5 where a college campus immediately closed the polling place, and that was a place that had elected president...
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another 18% in texas. and along with new york and illinois, those four states have more than half of all daca applicants. and, the most, some of the most interesting things about this group have to do with their age and a large share are teenagers, high school age. a time when we're all making important transitions into adulthood, drivers licenses, graduating from high school. applying for jobs. perhaps, applying for college or joining the military. these applicants are very -- relatively young. more than a third or 36% were 18 or younger when they applied. only 24% were 24 years of age or older. in the middle, 19-23-year-olds, largest group, 40%. so, they're relatively young and they were young when they arrived. two thirds of them were 10 years of age or younger. one-third of them were five years old or younger. so this is a very, a group that's been in the u.s. for a long time. the majority have been in the united states for a decade or more. and that's important given their age obviously. they have spe
another 18% in texas. and along with new york and illinois, those four states have more than half of all daca applicants. and, the most, some of the most interesting things about this group have to do with their age and a large share are teenagers, high school age. a time when we're all making important transitions into adulthood, drivers licenses, graduating from high school. applying for jobs. perhaps, applying for college or joining the military. these applicants are very -- relatively...
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texas is pretty hostile to the idea. and lot of places are. in part because, you know, even though there's a, you know, very fast, you know, rising tide of acceptance for the idea in particular the idea of medical marijuana it remains a classic call issue like gay marriage and a lot of other things that americans have broadly support but, you know, small groups of strongly opposed people have been to be use these issues glown a devicive way. so right no there's no federal fowsh legalize marijuana. there's not a single member of the senate who is -- you can describe in any way as promarijuana or having, you know, proposed any kind of, like, you know, even medical marijuana legislation. >> host: ryan next, huntington station, new york. good morning. >> caller: good morning. so far he talking about the economic upsides of legalization, but i'm afraid of the possible economic down side wide spread legalization and that as it becomes more legal, it's going deprive revenue and labor from good american corporations like the -- constructions -- correc
texas is pretty hostile to the idea. and lot of places are. in part because, you know, even though there's a, you know, very fast, you know, rising tide of acceptance for the idea in particular the idea of medical marijuana it remains a classic call issue like gay marriage and a lot of other things that americans have broadly support but, you know, small groups of strongly opposed people have been to be use these issues glown a devicive way. so right no there's no federal fowsh legalize...
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but i looked around the other country in other districts no one knows about, and we hear of aldean, texas? aldean is houston's poor cousin. scrubby country, about as poor as union city, latino, african-american, spattering of white folks, and with half as much money union city spends on its kids, they are doing well, narrowing the achievement gap, and what are they doing? very much the same kinds of things union city is, and what is that? start with preschool, work up the curriculum. if there's a lot of kids from other countries, you better have a good bilingual program, a rich bilingual program that pays attention to language fluency and how they do in academic subjects. today it's bilingual, tomorrow english only, that happens in so many districts, especially in california. there's esl classes, day one. here kids transition slowly. this school district knows what educators know. that is it's really important to get a grounding in your home language before learning the second language. really important to hold on to that home language because being bilingual in the society is a huge adva
but i looked around the other country in other districts no one knows about, and we hear of aldean, texas? aldean is houston's poor cousin. scrubby country, about as poor as union city, latino, african-american, spattering of white folks, and with half as much money union city spends on its kids, they are doing well, narrowing the achievement gap, and what are they doing? very much the same kinds of things union city is, and what is that? start with preschool, work up the curriculum. if there's...
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. >> up next in texas, what is your question? >> going back to a former and at the end, he said, i hope you will come visit us in series, what was president monroe's relationship with his vice president and who was the vice president? >> it was the most obscure vice president in american history. that says something. >> tompkins had been a wartime governor of new york and was chosen as a running mate because he had been a strong supporter of the madison administration during the war. also, the new yorkers were unhappy with the luck that virginia had on the presidency and the vice president was chosen for political reasons. chosen for political reasons. tompkins was horribly in debt as governor. he was responsible for borrowing a lot of money. it literally drove him to drink. he became heavily alcoholic to the point he could not preside over the senate. they were friends. by 1821, he was totally vice president and who was the incapacitated and he died shortly after his term as vice president. he may have been more prominent on the
. >> up next in texas, what is your question? >> going back to a former and at the end, he said, i hope you will come visit us in series, what was president monroe's relationship with his vice president and who was the vice president? >> it was the most obscure vice president in american history. that says something. >> tompkins had been a wartime governor of new york and was chosen as a running mate because he had been a strong supporter of the madison administration...
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they went to texas. they went to the nationals who do not do that stuff. we pass this law. it is in your district, the very southern part of all the way up. this is something. this just sit up, july 1. you're going to have to travel and have a supplier. >> this is a state -- >> federal law. >> medicare is your supplier. so in other words, this happen. it was fair and wherever else. like a said. there are four local suppliers that cut the contract. all the rest of these are nationals. so the access to wheelchairs', walkers to more arrows in your district has drastically changed. walmart got a contract and have to bring it to you and deliver it and teach you how to use it. if anyone believes that is going to happen, i don't. >> well, skepticism is a good thing. this gentleman right here. >> the sequestration. i think a lot of us are asking, we want more of this and more of that. i was proud to take a drive on a tinker air force base up until this year. all of a sudden, you're telling me my time is now worth -- whenever we are doing that there must be wrong because you're not
they went to texas. they went to the nationals who do not do that stuff. we pass this law. it is in your district, the very southern part of all the way up. this is something. this just sit up, july 1. you're going to have to travel and have a supplier. >> this is a state -- >> federal law. >> medicare is your supplier. so in other words, this happen. it was fair and wherever else. like a said. there are four local suppliers that cut the contract. all the rest of these are...
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there are nine sectors between california and texas. the border patrol assures me that if we put in that technology, which is appropriated in the bill -- it will not require additional taxpayer funds he does it is paid for by fees -- we will have 90% effective control over our border. there is a lot more i can tell you about it. i am really interested in your views. i hope that our congressional delegation, who i respect and -- we senators think we are snobs, and we are -- by the way, our four republican members they wereegation, there because of my health. could i ask for your consideration? i ask for your consideration because i think that a nation founded on judeo-christian principles should probably want to address this issue that we have before us. i'm not saying it is perfect. i'm not saying that it should not be changed as we continue to go through the process. what we would like to see is the house of representatives passed legislation, whether it be piecemeal or however they want to -- i'm not trying to tell them how they shoul
there are nine sectors between california and texas. the border patrol assures me that if we put in that technology, which is appropriated in the bill -- it will not require additional taxpayer funds he does it is paid for by fees -- we will have 90% effective control over our border. there is a lot more i can tell you about it. i am really interested in your views. i hope that our congressional delegation, who i respect and -- we senators think we are snobs, and we are -- by the way, our four...